2021
Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study
Warnasekara J, Aberathna P, Nanayakkara G, Vinetz J, Agampodi S. Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study. F1000Research 2021, 9: 1129. PMID: 34123371, PMCID: PMC8145224, DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.26202.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutpatient departmentOPD patientsAmbulatory patientsDisease burdenPrimary care centersProvincial General HospitalCases of leptospirosisCross-sectional studyDisease burden assessmentMicroscopic agglutination testPublic health implicationsQuantitative polymerase chain reactionOPD settingRegional Public HospitalOPD visitsLeptospirosis patientsFever patientsPatient numbersHospital inpatientsPolymerase chain reactionCare centerGeneral HospitalBurden assessmentPatientsSame period
2020
Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study
Warnasekara J, Aberathna P, Nanayakkara G, Vinetz J, Agampodi S. Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study. F1000Research 2020, 9: 1129. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.26202.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutpatient departmentDisease burden assessmentOPD patientsAmbulatory patientsBurden assessmentPrimary care centersProvincial General HospitalCases of leptospirosisCross-sectional studyPrevalence of leptospirosisMicroscopic agglutination testPublic health implicationsDisease burden estimationQuantitative polymerase chain reactionOPD settingRegional Public HospitalOPD visitsTreatable diagnosisLeptospirosis patientsFever patientsPatient numbersHospital inpatientsDisease burdenPolymerase chain reactionCare center